Samenvatting

In a competing and active international context, investing in education and trainingshould take into account the new requests and needs of pupils. Knowing students’wishes and concerns facilitates the development and implementation of effectiveprograms. Meeting pupils’ needs is a fundamental aspect when developing a project,and should be the centre of it.The objective of this paper is to show what are the Romanians pupils ‘needs in thematter of entrepreneurial education and extracurricular projects regarding personaldevelopment -as result of the authors’ own researches. Research is a descriptive andanalytical one, based on grounded theory approach, the conclusions drawn areimportant as they constitute a starting point in identifying and implementing solutionsto develop a new project targeted at Romanian students aged between 15-16 years old.